Co-operative-led Solutions to Addressing the Climate Emergency

This policy brief was written by Eleonore Perrin (University of Liverpool) with the help of Tiziana O'Hara (Co-operative Alternatives) in 2021.

A quick summary.

A co-operative economy would mean a democratised local ecosystem where the production and supply of food and other essential goods and services serves all those involved.

A local ecosystem where food and essential goods are produced through community supported agriculture, by co-operative farms and fisheries, in local community gardens.

A local ecosystem where we shop in farmers markets, worker-owned bakeries and butchers, and in consumer-owned shops.  A local ecosystem where we work in worker-owned factories and firms, producing socially useful goods and services.

A local ecosystem where we live in collectively owned houses, powered by community renewable energy. A local ecosystem where we bank in a regional mutual bank and put our savings in credit unions.